Renewable energy sources in figures - national and international development

May 2006

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment agreed to set up a Working Group on Renewable Energies/Statistics (AGEE-Stat) with the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, to put the statistics of renewable energy sources on a comprehensive, up-to-date and coordinated basis. The results of the work of the AGEE-Stat are incorporated into this brochure.The work of AGEE-Stat focuses on the statistics of renewable energies.Furthermore, the committee has the task to lay the foundation for the Federal Government’s various national, EU-wide and international reporting obligations in the field of renewable energies: and to provide general information and public relations work.

By: German Federal Ministry for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BMU)